SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 1962

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Rossin moved the following amendment to amendment

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14         Senate Amendment 

15         On page 2, lines 18-28, delete those lines

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17  and insert:

18         (2)  The department, in consultation with the agency,

19  may contract with entities which have submitted an application

20  as a community nursing home diversion project as of July 1,

21  1998, to provide benefits pursuant to the "Program of

22  All-inclusive Care for the Elderly" as established in Pub. L.

23  No. 105-33. For the purposes of this community nursing home

24  diversion project, such entities shall be exempt from the

25  requirements of chapter 641, if the entity is a private,

26  nonprofit, superior-rated nursing home with at least 50

27  percent of its residents eligible for Medicaid.

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